7 men who fled a COVID care centre detained
[ad_1]
Tripura police on Tuesday detained seven of 25 men who fled from a COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Ambassa in Dhalai district on Monday. The men, all migrant labourers, have been employed in cellular tower development within the district.
They have been housed within the CCC after they have been examined constructive for COVID-19. Police mentioned seven of these who fled have been detained on the Ambassa railway station within the morning and confirmed that 18 of them have been nonetheless at giant.
The men broke an iron grill behind the two-storey constructing and scaled the boundary wall to flee. Police personnel deployed on the entrance of the constructing didn’t cease them.
The episode created panic amongst individuals within the district who feared unfold of an infection.
Chief (*7*) Biplab Kumar Deb had visited the centre at Ambassa in September final yr. Mr. Deb has now been inspecting main CCCs throughout the State in the course of the second wave of infections.
Laxity in safety measures has been cited as a cause for repeated instances of sufferers fleeing care centres.
Last week, an under-trial prisoner fled from a CCC at Bishalgarh in Sepahijala district. He has not been discovered but.
On April 21, 30 men who had examined constructive for COVID-19 escaped from a CCC at Arundhutinagar, on the outskirts of Agartala metropolis. Hailing from numerous States, they’d come for a recruitment camp of the Tripura State Rifles.
They managed to depart Tripura and reached their respective States, sources mentioned.
[ad_2]
